Perhaps a welcome break from league football as HJK & HIFK face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Finland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
HJK form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 11 Veikkausliiga games here at Tali halli tekonurmi for HJK. The data says 6 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. The HJK fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Tali halli tekonurmi and will expect new points from this game. HJK has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Inter Turku that ended 1-1.
Goals decide football matches and HJK are scoring many of them at home; 27 on target from 11 league matches. HJK are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tali halli tekonurmi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.
HIFK form and stats
Last season their Finland Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Playing away, HIFK have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 6 defeats in the Veikkausliiga this season. It's all red in the travel logs of HIFK, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
It was a Veikkausliiga defeat before that one as the away game against Lahti wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
The visiting HIFK have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 11 games. HIFK have conceded 17 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven HJK victories, two draws and one HIFK win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.HJK missing players
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| HJK | HIFK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 53 | 28 | Scored | S | 21 | 35 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 9.1 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HIFK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | HJK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | KTP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Lahti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HJK | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 36 | 48 |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 41 |
| 3 | KuPS | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 4 | Honka | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Ilves | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | Lahti | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | SJK | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 29 |
| 8 | HIFK | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 28 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -14 | 23 |
| 10 | Haka | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 16 | -16 | 22 |
| 11 | TPS | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -16 | 21 |
| 12 | RoPS | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -36 | 5 |